The Stetson Reporter

SUPPORT YOUR STETSON HATTER BASKETBALL TEAM PLAN AHEAD PARENTS WEEKEND IN MARCH • ••'•■ Florida's Oldest College Newspaper • •• 76th YEAR-NO. 15 DELAND, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1963 PRICE 10 CENTS '~''*,> i . .. <i{ ■ i.) V,'' . BY. ANN THOMASON Homecoming is over, with Delta . Sigma Phi and Pi Beta Phi taking the trophy for the best ' float "Walking The Berlin. Tightrope" and the BSU .winning the; lawn decoration. Each greek group entertained their alumni at . various Open Houses and teas throughout the weekend. . RUSH for the Spring, semester will end tomorrow for all fraternity men, with' the rushees receiving their bids at 4 p. m. from Dean Baggett's office. Spring rush "for men only lasts one -week. It began with three Smokers Monday night and three on'Tuesday-night. Then ' tonight informal Smokers will be ■giveri"by- most of the groups. .Help weak is in effect for most pledge groups with intiation being this week' or within the next two weeks. There'are a few-sleepless days/ahead'for most .Greek men . . . active or pledge. DELTA SIG President J. Ollie Edmunds, the original .President of Delta Sig, received the "Outstanding Alumni Award" given by the Alumni' Association- of Delta Sig, during Homecoming. This week the Delta Sigs will bold their elections for the Spring Semester's officers. LAMBDA CHI Homecoming- Mayor, Bill Perry became engaged to Margaret Huyok, a former Alpha Xi during Homecoming. The Lambda Chis had their Rush Smoker Tuesday night 'from 7-9 p. m. PIKES "Five! Pikes were .initiated > last Sunday night. They' include: Tom . Case,. Robert Edeltat, Fred Hall, Ron.Solomon, and Jim Steven. There will be a record hop at the Pike House tomorrow night for all " their new' plediges and their dates. PI KAPP This week'is pledge.week for all the Pi Kapp pledges, and ends with their "going over the racks" about 4 a. m. Saturday morning. ■--, -,. .7.. SIGMA NU * i-oiarifd7 Williams won "the beard contest in which1 all Snakes took part in order to- celebrate their 50th Anniversary. -Last night . nine Sigma Nu- pledges went active. They 'include: Joe Garner, Jim Yeager, Stan Wallace, John Mc- Quin, Scott Riddle, Dale Massing, Charles Dillman,. Pete Cornwall, and Bruce Cochran. Brother Bob Pascal, pinned Laurie. Cheatham during Homeicoming. SIG EP The Sig Eps wil have a Record Hop'Saturday night in honor of the pledges. that will be'going active early next week. Over the week- . end Dave Bena pinned Molly Clancy. Also pinned were Harry Schindehette and Cindy Leslter. Engaged over' Homecoming were Henry Gregory and Sylvia Cash- ion, TrMDelt from Florida State. Also engaged .were .-Chips - Shore and Alpha Chi Carol. Clark. ••-• SORORITIES Silence between sorority' women arid rushees began Tuesday when girls signed up for Rush. This will last. for. about a week and a half until pledging on Thursday, February 28. Spring Rush only allows each sorority to give "one informal party in their apartment.' They are - as follows: -Monday, February 25: Alpha Chi and Phi Mu; Tuesday, ■ February 26: Alpha Xi and Zeta; and Wednesday, February 27: Tri-Delt and Pi Phi. ALPHA C'HI On Valentine's Day-the Alpha Chis had a social with the Sig Eps. On Friday afternoon during Homecoming the ASipha Chis entertained the Trustees'' Wives at a tea in their apartment. This weekend they are having a convention in Winter .Park to which the new Alpha Chi officers are going. ALPHA XI During Homecoming there was a.reunion of the first chapter of the Omega Chapter of Alpha Xi, arranged by Miss Olga Bowen, a DeLand alumn, and former registrar at Stetson University. Fuzzie -Yvonne Wilby, last Friday- - night was crowned the Queen of the Edison Pageant olf lights in .Fort Myers, -addling another title to her list of beauty contests. , PI PHI At the Pi Phi Luncheon on noon Friday,-' Mrs. Floyd Carson of 'Orlando was the guest speaker. The four members of the charter chapter, included Dr. Marie Dye, Gladys .Sidway Curtis, Mabel Eld-' redge Barnisley,- and Margaret Blocker " Bartlett. -The Stetson Chapter received two gifts from Alumni Organization, a oheok for $25. and a Chinese dish for their apartment. PHI MU Last' Thursday night the Phi Mu pledges went active. The in- . elude Ann Clements, Marty Comer, Nancy Ooundhaine, ■ Tina Joy Dun- nagan, Kitty .Engle, Marion Harvey, .Susan Holmes, Jane Horne, Linda Landers, Jeanne Mazur, (Continued on Page Four) . ' \ ' -''' '' •' Concert Choir Has ■11-Day Southern Tour Stetson University's Concert Choir:is back on the De- Land campus after a whirlwind 11-day Southern tour that included 10 regular concerts, appearances at four a, seminary, and a r.oadside high schools, two colleges, performance. Chorus Presents Oratorio The-University Chorus gives its major pei-orinance of ■ the' year, Friday, at 8 p. m. in Elizabeth Hall. The chorus, under the direction of Paul Langston, will present a twentieth century dramatic oratorio, KING DAVID, composed by Arthur Honegger in 1924. . Although Swiss by birth, Honegger belongs to the group designated in France,, during the 1920's as "Les Six," and is both a prominent and prolific composer cf this group. His ability in contemporary writing is exemplified in 'his use of harmonic dissonance and the simultaneous use of the extreme registers of both the voices • and. instruments. Althongh the'music is contemporary, ■ many • passages revert to a romantic style of frit- ing, _,wihae..o_bers __recaE7 the ^primi-., hive exoticism of the'East". '-"' *' " ,: The chorus.Will he featured in the "Song of Victory," ."Lament of Gilboa," "'Dance before ; the Ark," "Song of JEiphraim," and "The Death of David." Soloists will be: Nancy'Watts and- Page Nor, dan, sopranos; .Karen Anderson, alto; Jim Austin, B___ Alderman, and Grover Wilkins, -tenors^ Narrators will' be: Mrs. Billye Griffiths and Bob McOloskey. Th. D.'s Must Train,' Morland More efficient methods of training Ph.D.'s are crucial to meeting the crisis in U. S. education, according to Dr. Richard Morland, associate professor of education at Stetson University, in an.address to the "winter dinner "meeting of the Central Florida' Phi Beta Kappa Assn., Sunday in the Stetson Union.. . ." Dr. Morland emphasized "- that the long time lag .between the granting of the bachelor's degree and the doctor,of philosophy degree must be shortened, if the increasing demand for college professors is to be met. In his capacity as director 'of Stetson's graduate program, Dr., Morland has attracted' a substantial grant -■ from .-the Ford Foundation to contribute to the solution to the professor shortage. The money has been allocated to what has become known as the "3-iM" program whioh is designed to direct students aspiring to teach in junior college into ,the right channels. * Guidance starts in the student's sophomore, year in planning for the following three years. -The' goal is a master's degree which will qualify the student to teach in junior college. .Dr. Morland pointed out that because most Ph.D.- ©ranting universities do, not enoourange students .to work toward "'just "the master's degree, Stetson's ■ .program will fill- a gap that threatens the quality of education -in the state's junior college. White, be pointed to trends that promise to streamline the 'production of graduate degrees in the U. S. without lowering the educational standard's of master's and doctor's candidates, ■ Dr. Morland said that much more had to be done before the picture improves. He stressed that not* enough money, energy, and planning was being directed toward- educating potential college professors: • Dr. John Hodges, chainman of .the department of modern languages at Stetson, presided over the meeting. The next meeting/of the Assn. will be held in the spring in Daytona Beach. ' -'/ ' \- *.' ' ' -/- '-■! ■ ' __ The tour took the 40jvoice travel squad under Prof. Harold Giffin through' the Florida panhandle, Alabama," Mississippi,. and out to Longview and' Dallas and Ft. Worth, Tex. Giffin is ecstatic in his praise for .the, Singing, students," for Stetson alums, ' whom'" the .group found all"over the South', and is highly pleased with the whole tour: 'BEST GROUP7 "Everyone we met said it wais the ''best college group' they had heard-or "the best group of any kind' .they had heard," Giffin said. "These .comments came from musicians and' those " who know music. I .feel wonderful about the whole thing!" "We sang in all sizes of churches,' including Travis Ave.,' Baptist, Ft.' Worth,, the largest sanctuary in the Southern Baptist Convention—it seats 3,500 and is very beautiful — and First Baptist, Dallas, the largest memberwise, t think, in the Convention." HOT TO COLD "Weather ranged from freezing to 86 degrees,". Gilfin declared. "Several vocalists- get the usual virus routine, sore' threats, aches and pains, but there were no poor performances. Came home singing better as usual. I'm .always proud of this fact since this is not true for,most groups'that tour." ' "We" met the Louisville. Semin- ■ary .Male .Chorale-at an .-'inter-, "secfiia'JiKfouSiderDothan/Ala':— stopped,'chatted, and" sang for each other at the side of the road. .Their ..director is John Sims, Stetson '52, and their,group includes two fonmer general managers of the Stetson- Concert Choir, H. J. fiabinson '61 and Milton Shelton *60."„ -"We. sang, at. Gulf Coast "Junior College, .Panama City; Judison College, Marion, , Ala., where I started in , 1933-35, and Southwestern .Baptist Seminary, Fort Worth."; 'EXCELLENT TOUR' "The tour was excellent — sang to more friends of Stetson and musicians. than usual," ■ Giffin added. "Gene Brasher and his' wife came 200 miles from Huntsville, Ala.,, to hear us at Montgomery. There were Stetson alums present at every program -except Longview, Tex., and there was a former Stetson student "there"." The Concert Choir group also toured the aircraft carrier Lexington, downtown New Orleans, the Baton Rouge capital, and the battlefield at Vicksburg, Miss.. Now-they are back at work" in their second semester classes. Patrick Is History Guest Dr. Rambert Patricfk, University of -Florida research professor of history,. spoke at the annual banquet* of Phi' Alpha Theta, 7 Stetson University history honorary last Tuesday-night." 'Patrick talked about "The Writing'of Florida' History,"-, with emphasis' -on his ' adventures in collecting Floridiana manuscripts. He was brought to the' Stetson campus by the- Ford Graduate Program. . New officers .elected for the honorary fraternity ■ were: • president, Col. Ellis Wilson .of DeLand; vice president, Ool. Herbert V. Mansfield of DeLand; and s.eretary- treasurer Richard Ulaek of Boca Raton. Initiated' were: Dr. Robert Chauvin, Stetson University . professor . of geography, Franklin West of Atlanta, Ga., Maj. William J. Cheek, Richard Pickering of Hamilton, Mass.,-Linda Riley of Miami; .Turner Matthews, Col. Ellis Wilson, Col. HenbertV. Mansfield, Eunice Reynolds of Laurel, Miss.,'-Ronald Cole of Lake Oity, Ronald.,Clifton of Richmond, Va., Maj. N. D. McDonald Jr., and Richard Ul-ack. - NOTICE .The Green Cird. elected .the following as'officers at their first meeting ; Monday .February 18: President — Eddie Mulock; Vice President.—'Bruce Hantaan; Secretary, . — ..Richard' * Ginn; - Treasurer —' Ron Peacock.- STUDENTS AND FACULTY members alike cheer as the ground is broken for the new Stetson University, Library, Building. Construction for the new $1 million .building'will begin: in. the very hear.future, the administration has assured everyone. *' '"■..'.',"' \- '.'.'",. - mry evisions -.Three fundamental'. revisions in' - Stetson University's life as an institution of higher learning have been proposed by StetsonTDean Hugh-McEniry in. a speech at." the Leadership banquet duringTBpmecomihg-.on_the IDeLajatl _caJnpus7,..7t. <..>-..~7.-7.77'.^-^^^ ' McEniry called ori the UnLversi-' ty:- 1), to build anew a stronger relationship, .with Florida's .Baptist churches, .2) to revolutionize' its teadhing and "learning methods, and 3)' to become ,a- friendly critic of society. ■ . ' Stetsbn University's partnership with Florida Baptists wil be* a better one in the future, McEniry predicted. "We have a fresh opportunity to pledge mutual'confidence, to open communication . . . and to reenforice each- other in a suitable witness," he said.. -' The one function of the church- related college that no other college can "serve, McEniry said, is to .witness that God'. is truth and meaning, that Jesus is:man's sole hope-of redemption, and that trne and complete freedom consists,'in obedience to His call. TOP SCHOOLS This- witness- cannot- come from second,.third, or fourth-rate colleges, the Stetson ■ dean said — it must'come from campuses that are the equal of any in the-.world." "We dare not attempt less than excellence, because the world will ,hear our witness," McEniry said. Stetson must make its-affirmation of "absolute .'dedication "from a campus staiffed by a .brilliant and dedicated faculty, possessed of the finest libraries and the most modern scientific equipment . . . and offering an atmosphere encouraging to every effort to find out more truth." - ' ' , v Speaking ' about" ;iiew teaching ideas, McEniry suggested that grades, course hours and credits, even the "sacred 50-mihute'hour" be abolished. '7 ' ''' : NEW APPROACHES He called for new teaching • approaches to give the student more responsibility, the -teacher more time for his specialities, and-, to' reduce competition for -grades. "We'are now reasonably sure that the more independent study a student engages, in,,, the betteV his learning will be," MoEniry declared. "Grades might be .simply 'Pass'' or'- 'Honors,' and of ■ course the inevitable 'Fail.' Rut there .would be no quality ' points '' and those who failed .would simply-try again until they pass or go away." WIDE KNOWLEDGE MoEniry pointed to the possibility of introducing incoming stud- ents to wide areas of human knowledge ' every literate American should know something about. Each student would go through a rigorous -course of instruction in how to go about independent study, would have lecture series to help him, and filially-take examinations. "If he fails he' studies some more and takes them again." . --.,- "For those disciplines that require- drill in . funamentalB," McEniry said, "we shall give the student ' programmed', instruction that he will work, throngh'by himself, presenting, himself .to, his in- ' (Continued on Page Four) ' 7 Wens Dorms Are Named Residence halls for men on. Stetson's DeLand 'campus last week were officially, named for a trio of dedicated Christian scholars who worked for meager salaries, then left most of what they had to the University. By action of Stetson's Board of Trustees, men's dormitories on Minnesota Avenue are now Carson Hall, Gordis 'Hall, and Srr_i.h Hall. • . ' ■ G: Prentice Carson was Stetson's first dean — his estate of nearly $200,000 has just been . given "to Stetson. He served Stetson for 61 years. - Warren S. Gordis was a former professor,of English and Greek who also served 61 years. In will,' he left a ' substantial porl of bis life savings .to Stetson to used to carry out the work he is ed start. - J. Archy Smith, former mai matics professor, taught ait S son for 25 years. A large porl of the Smith estate -went to University's endowment (fund aid worthy students. , ■ Stetson's Board resolved to ■] petuate the memory of these th faithM men since they "ser this institution faithfully ... teachers and as administral without evtr at any time r'eceiv adequate 'compensation for tl services," and because ""th dedicated' 'Christian scholars their death left nearly all of tl earthly .possessions to Stetson. '' The .residenct. halls ' w dedicated during the convocal at Stetson's 80th Homecoming. Art Objects Are Shown Two works purchased from G Bunker of the Stetson Univen art department1 are ori e__h through' Feb. 28 in "the A. D' Amice collection of Contemporary American Crafts * at Carnegie Hall,. University olf Maine. They are a large peneelain bottle with the blue matte, glaze, and .a tall percelaih, tear-drop bottle with blood-red glaze. , The! collection presents works of 45 potters and enamelists purchased from all over the United States. The greater. D'Amice collection contains .works of artists past ,and present,-' from all over the world such as:-Archipenke, Anp,.Braque, Calder, Chagall; Degas, Duohamp, Goya; Homer, Leger, - Marin, Marsh, -Matisse,' Mire, Pieasse, Renoir, Reualt./Shahn, Whistler, Wood, and.otheik . At Stetson .7 The DeLandnStetson Young- "Republican Club will meet 7 tonight in Room 204 of the SUB. The postelection doldrums are over, and plans ,are being .laid for the coming year. ' " .' First on the agenda 'of the eom- ingw'me'gt__fg.l _ vffie-~ann^^ of officers. Along with the election of- club officers' will be the choosing' of two delegates to the Volusia County Republican 'Ways and Means -Committee. .Other items to be discussed are the possibility of bringing a nationally- known'speaker -to-Stetson's, campus and a resolution in favor of lowering the voting age in Florida. Also on the slate is the planning of the next social event. As usual, Kennedy jokes wil be" 'interspersed throughout the meeting. Some additional info about the clnfo: Membership is open to anyone above the age - of reckoning and below' the" age of thirty five, who wants to pay two. dollars per year dues. The DeLand-Stet- son club is the smallest yet most powerful club in.the state. The fortheorqing convention■ is .away from -: Stetson -andTDeLand. - -7 7 • "See"'-'Charlie""-BaFries if anyone feels "that he'might'be interested in the Order of the Great Elephant. ' Edmunds Outlines Building Program Stetson Alumni went home Sunday assured by President J. Ollie Edmunds at Saturday's 80th annual Homecoming Convocation that a new science. building. is the - next construction project on the campus. , Ground was broken Saturday for. the new $1 million , Stetson University library.. E'd-f- : -,— munds told alumni that- he hoped the science building would be Tf~Bf '■ ~M started before the library is com-' ff-fi tf~k g W&Tjl iO <J Alumni of Jive colleges within the University had breakfasts for their own groups before the Convocation. CONVOCATION SPEAKER Hensdhel H. Hobbs, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Convocation speaker, was introduced by James W. Parrish, Vice president of 'the University. * "We live in a world characterized iby confusion," he declared, as he called for the church-related school "to give the student "something spiritual which he cannot get elsewhere." ' The world has * reached the stage where we must recapture the intangibles if we are going to survive. We have 'the power and the intellectual capacity but not the moral and spiritual endowments to know what to do." he declared. "Our denomination needs our coUeges and our colleges need our denomination," he said. - The formal naming of 'the three men's residence halls was; made during Convocation: -The tribute to historian G. Prentice Carson was made by Ralph E. Odum, assistant state attorney - general. Louise -Royal .Wowarth read the tribute to-Warren Stone Gordis and Betty Foard gave the tribute to. J„ Archie Smi'th^jmaithematieian, Ail three, men" were Stetson" University professors. Boyce F. Ezell Jr., who presided at 'the Alumni banquet Sat. ' introduced the homecoming co- chairmen during Convocation. They were Leigjian Roberts - and Charles ..Rikard/iThe .StetsonXon- cert 'choir.-under7'the "direction"of Harold- M. Giffin - presented'."a group of selections. John C. Howell, pastor at the First Baptist C_iur.ch in DeLand, gave the invocation. Dr. Don M. Everson, pastor of. Barfcwood Baptist Church in Jacksonville save the", benediction. -.''. ."'."...' .7",. 7,7,.;, Everson was speaker -for '"-the traditional Stetson Ministerial Assn. breakfast. LAW BREAKFAST '- During the- Stetson Law Breakfast with" Wallace" Storey ."'of ."-Bartow presiding, "Edmunds" paid "tribute 7tp~"the greatestlawyeCJ'.Y.e ever know—Dossie Hull." Hull,-" a DeLand - attorney, recently died and in his will set up scholarships (Continued on Page Four/ The' home of the president of Stetson University is no .more. ''- •Old and ball.wed Holmes Hall, where every one of Stetson's presidents slept 'and where the present president, Dr. J: OUie Edmunds, spent one night before moving in- - to his present home, was ton." down by 'the wi.e_king crew Wed-* nesday. It was 74 years old. ;, . The building'demise was neces-1 sary in order-to make room for a" new, glass and brick library, ground for which was broken" oh Saturday, during Stetson's 80th" Homecoming. -, It -was hard, for University', faculty,- students, and friends -to- see the building of traditions come down for its architecture had been highly praised by experts. But' the structure's' old timbers would' not stand a move.to--another location, which is what had been contemplated. - -_';According ".to architects and" artists, Holmes was- one of the best examples of good building design on Campus. The Romanes-' que style was -expressive architecture of the turn of the .century.. The architect'of Stetson's new li-, brary adopted the 'arches across its front porch into the design of the new library. Holmes Hall was the resident for Dr. John Forbes, then Dr. Lincoln Hulley, followed by Dr. William S. Allen.. Shortly after Dr. Edmunds assumed the . presidency, Holmes became a fine arts center When trustees acquired another home for the president. Land upon which Holmes Hall was built has'.been a part of the Stetson campus ever since the school was organized as DeLand Academy.by Henry A. DeLand in 1884. Holmes Hal was named for Dr. Robert Shailer Holmes, trustee from 1930 to 1940. Reporter Sets New Record Florida's oldest college - newspaper,' The Stetson Reporter of [ Stetson University's DeLand camp-- us, published the largest issue 'in its. history last week!' The 12.page edition was issued primarily for-Stetson Homecoming activities -being held Thursday' through Sunday, Feb. 14-17. The Reporter is. a weekly printed - in standard newspaper size -and modeled after professional news- papers. Editor is' Stetson junior David M." Stacy of Tiffin, O. The staff also includes news editor Todd 'Clay of Miami, sports editor' Bill Dunifon of Fort Lauderdale; and columns editor Patty Snow oil- Del Ray Beach. Today's newspaper set -another.- first in amount of advertising re; ceived —'business manager -'is ' Robert Chatham of Atlanta,. Ga..' ".The past year," said Editor- Stacy, "has .seen many firsts.for" The Reporter, but I think "we'll stop here.-The 12ipage issue has'alv ways been our mountain, and' we've .'dimlbed it. Now we're," beat-!" . .* - . Self Receives DSA Prize "" A Stetson University graduate' has received the Distinguished Service Award as the outstanding young man olf the year in Manatee. William L. Self; pastor of-the West Brandenton. Baptist- Church, who earned his Stetson B. -A. degree in 1954, received' the award, ■■ from Richard Hampton, president '■ cf the - Bradenton Jaycees, at the Jaycee banquet which highlighted" "Junior Chamber of Commerce * Week."